Astonishing story of the voyages of the Hankey, a ship that originally traveled to West Africa to start a colony free from Slavery and then, following the failure of the colony, sailed to the Americas, inadvertently spreading Yellow fever with disastrous and s [more...]
Nicely produced centenary edition of Kipling's unfinished 1937 auto-biography. Red cloth with gilt elephant motif to cover. DJ has some toning and rubbing and wear with small tears. Previous owner's name and a Kipling themed label pasted down to ffep. Cont [more...]
Account of the 100 year history of the famous Italian Woolen mill that became a textile empire. With numerous b/w images. Toning and marking to covers. Rubbing to edges with slight loss to top and taiil of spine. Toning and light spotting to page edges, Fa [more...]
A limited edition facsimile reprint of Luard's illustrated history of the dress of the british soldier from the earliest period to the present time, first published in 1852. With fifty b/w illustrations. With clear plastic jacket. DJ is has a portion missing [more...]
First english language edition of Nowarra's detailed history of the development and deployment of the Focke-Wulf Fw190. With b/w diagrams and images. 4to. 159pp. Dust jacket has some light shelfwear. Very faint foxing to page edge. Contents clean and brig [more...]
Fascinating evaluation of various scientific theories and the effects they had on religion and faith, including chapters on Darwin, Freud and Eugenics. Tanning to top edge. Contents clean and binding tight. Good. [more...]
A children's novel intending to recount life in 12th century Britain as well as give a portrait of Robin Hood as a key figure in the creation of the Magna Carta and for freedom in England. With frontispiece. Spine is sunned. Mild foxing to page edges but co [more...]
An account of slavery in Cape Town from the first imports of slaves to abolition in 1834. Told in a narrative style. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has rubbing to edges and small closed tear to spine. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good [more...]
Facsimile of Fearon's 1818 account of his journey to America to scout for suitably habitable land for various London families. An unvarnished, oft negative, report with a wealth of factual data and observations. Foxing to page edges. Mild shelf-wear. Conte [more...]
Volume IV of the Conosci L'Italia series. With numerous b/w and colour images and fold-out maps. Some toning to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Terrific volume featuring 165 b/w images of photographs of Billingsgate Fish market. With descriptions of the buildings, the trade and history. Dj is price-clipped. Clean and bright. Very good. [more...]
From the Handbook of European National Dances series. With a history of the dances, diagrams of their steps and music, plus full page colour illustrations of the dancers. Complete with DJ. Toning to spine and edges of DJ. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
History of the Simi valley of california. With numerous b/w images. Signed and with a poem/inspirational quote by the author. Some shelf-wear and toning to cover. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Photographic history of the ship, with b/w images by Bale with notes but Blake. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Light foxing to end-papers. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Collection of anecdotes and facts about the various months. With colour illustrations. No DJ. Oblong 8vo. Toning to spine and covers. Tanning within, else clean and sound. Good overall. [more...]
From the Britain in Pictures series. With colour plates and b/w illustrations. Rubbing to edges of DJ. Very faint foxing to page edges. Previous owner's name cut out from ffep. Good. [more...]
First edition of this brief sketch of the history of Turkey and the land of Asia Minor, published in Stark's later years. With 168 photographic plates by Roiter, 26 in colour. 4to. Some toning to DJ. Tanning to top edge, else clean and tight. Very good ov [more...]
